traiectio

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From trāiciō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

Noun

trāiectiō f (genitive trāiectiōnis); third declension

  1. (literally) a crossing over, passing over, passage
    trāiectiōnēs mōtūsque stēllārum ― crossings over and motions of the stars
  2. (figuratively, of language):
    1. a transposition (of words), hyperbaton
    2. exaggeration, hyperbole
    3. a throwing or putting off upon another
      trāiectiō in alium ― a passing [of a responsibility] to another

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative trāiectiō trāiectiōnēs
Genitive trāiectiōnis trāiectiōnum
Dative trāiectiōnī trāiectiōnibus
Accusative trāiectiōnem trāiectiōnēs
Ablative trāiectiōne trāiectiōnibus
Vocative trāiectiō trāiectiōnēs

Descendants
  • English: trajection

References
  • “trājectĭo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “traiectio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • trājectĭo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,590/2.
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